A surprising end in the Tour of Switzerland 2010 this afternoon: Fabian Cancellara (Team Saxo Bank) didn't win the final time trial, and neither Robert Gesink (Rabobank) nor Lance Armstrong (Team Radioshack) takes the final victory of the 74th edition of the Tour of Switzerland!

No, Tony Martin was faster than Fabian Cancellara and thus takes the stage victory. Robert Gesink's performance in this final time trial was disappointing, in contrast to Lance Armstrong's. Fränk Schleck (Team Saxo Bank)'s performance wasn't disappointing either and the rider from Luxembourg thus stays ahead of the American: Fränk Schleck wins the 2010 Tour of Switzerland!

122 riders will come to the start of the decisive individual time trial of the Tour of Switzerland 2010 in Liestal tomorrow. Of the 26.9 kilometers the first 11.4 are uphill to win 229 meters in altitude, before going back downhill to Liestal.

In the general classification, the leader Robert Gesink (Rabobank) has a time gap with the other riders in the top 10 of at most 1'38" only and the Dutch rider must thus give everything he has in this individual time trial if he wants to win this 74th edition of the Tour of Switzerland.

In this article you can find the start order for this individual time trial.

The forelast stage of the Tour of Switzerland 2010 was won at the end of the afternoon by Rui Costa (Caisse d'Epargne). The young Portugues rider ended the stage in a solo ride, a few seconds ahead of his team mate José Joaquin Rojas and the Belgian rider Maxime Monfort of the HTC-Columbia team.

The summary of the 8th stage of the 2010 Tour of Switzerland: Wetzikon > Liestal

The forelast stage of the Tour of Switzerland 2010 took place today between Wetzikon and Liestal and on the 172.4 kilometer long route, the 135 remaining riders found four 3rd category climbs: Siglistorfer Höhe, Wittnauer Höhe, Wintersinger Höhe and Windenthaler Höhe.

Today was the queen's stage for the riders of the Tour of Switzerland 2010 with two hors catégorie climbs and one climb of the first category between Meiringen and La Punt. The stage took place in quite bad weather conditions (rain), except for the end when the sun appeared. In the climb of the Albulapass, the Dutch rider Robert Gesink Rabobank came back on Andy Schleck (Team Saxo Bank) and decided to continue his attack. The young Dutch rider thus arrived solo on the finish line, 42 seconds ahead of the first group of 8 riders behind him.

The summary of the 6th stage of the 2010 Tour of Switzerland: Meiringen > La Punt

213.3 kilometers seperated the riders this morning at the start in Meiringen from the finish in La Punt.

The day before the queen stage of the Tour of Switzerland 2010, the 153 remaining riders connected Wettingen to Frutigen over 172.5 kilometers today during the 5th stage. Quite rapidly a leading group was formed and from this group Marcus Burghardt (BMC Racing Team) launched an attack in the last kilometers to take the stage victory. Tony Martin (HTC-Columbia), who finished 47 seconds later in the peloton keeps the yellow leader's jersey ... waiting for the queen stage tomorrow!

The summary of the 5th stage of the 2010 Tour of Switzerland: Wettingen > Frutigen

After Brice d'Arcalis, Brice Feillu (Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team) almost became Brice de Suisse this afternoon ... unfortunately his solo attack ended at 24 kilometers from the finish. A mass fall in the last meters of the stage disturbed the bunch sprint. Since he could avoid this fall, the Italian rider Alessandro Petacchi won the stage at the finish in Wettingen.

The summary of the 4th stage of the Tour of Switzerland 2010 : Schwarzenburg > Wettingen

The 192.2 kilometer long stage from Schwarzenburg to Wettingen was announced as the easiest stage of this Tour of Switzerland 2010, made for sprinters. Indeed, the first 140 kilometers of the stage were almost flat, before two climbs of the Regensberg (3rd category) in the two loops around the finish city.

A long lasting leading group with 3 riders finally didn't continue till the finish in the 3rd stage of the Tour of Switzerland 2010 today. At the end of the stage Fränk Schleck attacked in the final climb before the finish and thus won the stage. Fabian Cancellara, who arrived 7 seconds after the stage winner loses his yellow jersey for one second to the German rider Tony Martin.

The summary of the 3rd stage, Sierre > Schwarzenburg, of the 2010 Tour of Switzerland

Already the 3rd stage of this Tour of Switzerland 2010 who has a total of 9 stage. The stage was quite similar to yesterday's stage with a 1st category climb half-way and a 3rd category climb towards the end. The difference was in the final which was a lot steeper than yesterday.
With its start in the finish city of yesterday's stage, Sierre ...> Read the whole story | 1 comment | shown 2202x

A leading group of 5 riders made the show in the stage between Ascona and Sierre today. Three of the riders of this leading group were taken back only in the last kilometers and the stage finally ended in a bunch sprint which was won by Heinrich Haussler (Cervélo TestTeam), ahead of Pablo Urtasun of the Euskaltel-Euskadi team, Marco Marcato of the Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team and the sprinter of the Rabobank team, Oscar Freire.

The summary of the second stage of the Tour of Switzerland 2010

Early this afternoon the 167 riders of the Tour of Switzerland 2010 took the start in Ascona at the Lago Maggiore for a 167.5 kilometer long stage with its finish in Sierre. During this stage the riders climbed the Simplonpass (1st category) with its top in the middle ...> Read the whole story | 1 comment | shown 3544x

This afternoon the opening time trial of the Tour of Switzerland 2010 took place in Lugano. Last year's winner Fabian Cancellara (Team Saxo Bank) took the very expected victory on this solitary effort in 10'21", 1 second ahead of Roman Kreuziger (Liquigas-Doimo) and 3 ahead of Tony Martin (HTC-Columbia) and Peter Sagan (Liquigas-Doimo).

The summary of the time trial of the Tour of Switzerland 2010

The first rider to take the start in this individual time trial was Pedro Merino Criado (Footon-Servetto) a few minutes after the time initially planned. The first riders to start still had dry roads and a timid sun.

The first reference time was for the Luxembourg rider Kim Kirchen (Katusha Team) with 10'38". He had to wait for Manuel Quinziato (Liquig ...> Read the whole story | 2 comments | shown 1686x